and ranked 47th in the world and will compete in the rifle event. and suzanne malveaux needs to interview her for cnn international. you can continue the conversation with me on kyra on twitter, and cnn international starts right now with suzanne malveaux. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com welcome the "newsroom international, i'm suzanne malveaux. in afghanistan a talliban bomb destroyed 24 tankers carrying supplies for taliban forces. and now military officials say that the insurgent attacks have increased in the last 12 weeks. all right. check it out. crazy huge chunk of ice floating free in the north atlantic and it is massive off of the coast of greenland and it is twice the size of manhattan, and snapped

off of a glacier this week and scientists say it is probably because of global warming, but too early to say for sure. ♪ >> oh children in south africa singing to nelson mandela on today, his 94th birthday. civil rights icon and south africa africa's first black president turns 94 on what is officially mandela day in the country. and what is most important today is what sis happening in syria and the most important development there. a bomb in damascus that killed four officials who were all part of the president's circle. the first man killed is the syrian defense minister who is

our equivalentf the ministry of defense and he is killed da wood rajiha, and also is the president's brother-in-law and the president's security adv and all of the men were in a meeting when the bomb went off. cnn does not have reporters or camera crews in syria right now but arwa damon is watching this unfold from beirut, and arwa we are talking about the president's closest advisers and a family member dead. how monumental is this? is this a turning point? >> well shgs, it is difficult to say that just yet. this is however an attack that has pierced the very core of assad's inner circle. a number of the officials you listed were pat of the oleet group who are around the pt

president, and most certainly contains the most trusted advisers including his brother-in-law assef shawkat who is believed to be the strongman behind the scenes. this is the national security building we are seeing there in an area of damascus which certain certainly has an incredibly intention security presence as you would imagine and not to mention a number of plain clothes government thug ss who effectively patrol the whole area, and this is certainly an inside job. someone had access to that building. now, the free syrian army, a bit of conflicting reports, but one of the deputy commanders saying that this was a prepositioned explosive device that was then detonated by remote control. so you can only imagine at this point in time that president assad and members of the inner circle are looking over the shoulder wondering who they can trust. >> and do we believe this is an inside job? and reports that perhaps a body guard of the defense minister

might have been involved? >> well, syrian state television is saying that this is in fact a suicide bombing carried out by one of the body guards who had access to the meeting and the opposition is saying that is not the case. again, we are trying to determine exactly what caused this explosion. but given the nature of it, the location of it, who it was targeting, this is an attack that took a lot of preparation, a lot of logistics and very sophisticated and it had to have contained some sort of individual who was sympathetic to the opposition or who in fact was involved himself who had access to these individuals. it is a clear message to the syrian government that it is not immune from these type ss of attacks, not at the senior most levels. >> and arwa, talking about the rebels being disorganized and underfunded and this is a sfis sophisticated attack and could it be that the rebel forces are now in a stronger position to overtake the regime?

>> well, we have been seeing them growing in capabilities, growing in sophistication, especially over the last few months and if we just take a look at what has been happening in damascus over the last few days, we have been seeing widespread intense sustained clashes happening close to the heart of the capital, itself, so we are most certainly seeing a fighting force that is developing in the capabilities. this is just an indication of just how far they have come since the uprising began some 16 months ago and this is morphing into a fairly strong fighting force. that being said, it is important to note that this still does very much remain a one-sided battlefield. the assad regime has elite, sophisticated and loyal units at its disposal and not the mention the air force and the armor and the artillery. >> arwa, thank you. i want to bring in hall laa gorani

and obviously, these are people close to the president and you have been covering this for a long time, and do you see this as a potential tipping point? >> this is an absolute game changer, because whether it is a rebel attack or inside job or someone from the regime wanting to get rid of bashar al assad to mount an inner coupe, there are several theories as to what happened and we can't confirm any of them with certainty, but it means that those closest to bashar al assad, the assad family in charge for more than 40 years, those people have the security perimeter has been breeched and assassinated. this sis something unthinkable a year ago. this is meaning potentially the beginning of the end of the assad regime. whether the end comes in 24 hours, i doubt it. it is not one of the libya mubarak, 18 day type things, and nothing that we predicted

anyway. and could it be weeks or months? that is the question. but in the end, this regime is now has been attacked the security perimeter breached and this is significant. >> we are hearing from the world leaders and heard from our own defense secretary leon panetta, and the british defense minister who are condemning this in the strongest language possible. i want the viewers to listen to this. >> the violence there has only gotten worse and the loss of lives has only increased, which tells us that this is a situation that is rapidly spinning out of control. >> in these circumstances, it is ever more imperative that the international community including all players who have influence bring pressure to bear on the assad regime to implement in full the annan plan to stabilize the country and allow an orderly transition of power. >> so hala you have even

general secretary ban ki-moon speaking out against this, and you the world united saying this is awful and chaos. what will it take do you think before you have world leaders who are going to take a more active role in intervening? >> well, the world is the united is saying that it is awful, but the world is certainly not united in how to approach and solve the crisis. you have on the one hand russia and china and then the western powers. at 3:00 p.m. there was a u.n. security council vote to condemn the actions in syria and russia did not want the sanctions included, but western powers did. we have heard from two sources that kofi annan has asked the united kingdom and france to delay the 3:00 p.m. vote, and most likely a vote will take place tomorrow, but it is a question in light of what happened today if the russia can get closer to the western powers on the language in the security council resolution, but to me it is not going to come in the

coming days because russia has said repeatedly, that it is not wanting to be included in the text. >> so the timing is the effect of the outcome? >> well, given the actions today, and targeting the defense minister and especially the brother of bashar al assad, is significant and quite hoss blipossibly a turning point. >> thank you, hala. wolf blitzer just talked to king abdullah from jordan, and we will get the reaction of what is happen ing happening in the civil war across his borders. and also at this hour london scrambling to figure out the security for the olympics but weather may be the big story. we are seeing torrential rain and worse than in 100 years.

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the weather may actually be the biggest threat to the olympics now. london has spent billions preparing to host the games in the state-of-the-art stadiums built, and the public transportation overhaul and anti-aircraft missiles have been installed as well, but they cannot control the rain. britain has been getting lots and lots of rain lately and jim boldin joins us live from london. jim, it is the wettest summer and in more than 100 years and what do you do? well, it is amazing. june is the wettest june since 2010, suzanne. and they are contingencies contingencies, because they are saying, well, we could do rowing over more days than we thought, and equestrian, and in tennis, wimbledon has a roof but they won't be doing that suzanne.

>> nice to see you indoors, jim. tell us about the opening ceremony on friday and they are shortening it, but not because of weather. >> yeah. you know you heard about what happened with bruce springsteen and paul mccartney and they pull pulled the plug and there a limit because of the public transport. they have sold the organizers of the opening ceremony, you have to be done by midnight and latest 12:30, and when they did the practices they realized far too long and so they cut, what did they cut? some stunt bike sequences they told us to make sure they are done by 12:30 at the latest and everybody can get home on the public transport to get home. >> and be ready for the games. and tell us about the story of japan, and putting the men's soccer team in business class while the women's soccer team gets the cheap seats, really? >> well, the japanese men like the men around the world will be professional footballers and soccer teams and probably in a

contract somewhere, where they have to fly business class, and the females are semi pro, and they were bumped up to premium economy, and the women are the world cup holders as you say, and they didn't get treated as well, and they had to go to france to practice in paris and have another flight to paris. >> come on guy ss. they can treat them better than that, first class. all right. thank you, jim. if you are sitting at your des desk or couch, stand up, stand up. lack of exercise is causing as many deaths as smoking now. we will tell you whether the united states falls on the world's list of worst offenders. ps? where did you hear that? the internet. and you believed it? yeah. they can't put anything on the internet that isn't true. where did you hear that? [ both ] the internet. oh look. here comes my date. i met him on the internet. he's a french model. uh, bonjour. [ male announcer ] state farm. more mobile than

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welcome back to "newsroom international" where we take you around the world in 60 minutes. a sedentary lifestyle is not just bad for the waistline, but deadly. deadly as smoking. a new study in the journal lancet says that it is 1.5 million people who die every year from smoking every year worldwide and compare it to 5.3 million who die from diseases linked to inactivity including heart disease and diabetes and breast and colon cancer.

researchers say that the problem is so serious it should be treated as a pandemic. some countries are getting a jump start to getting people off of the couch and michael holmes, i feel like we should be standing for this segment. >> and jogging in fact. >> and tell us about the country and some who are trying to get ahead of the game. >> well, they are. and colombia is a good example and they have a thing there and i have to look it up because i had not heard it until i saw it today, and basically translates from portuguese as bicycle park or open streets, and this is happening in varying degrees around the world but bogota, colombia, started it off and from 8:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. on public holidays as well shgs, they shut down the busy roads and bogota is busy place and it is 100 kilometers of roads and it is only for people to go running, skating and biking is big and a way of getting people off of the armchairs. they think that it sort of 20

25% of the people taking part would not have done anything that day. it is sort of catching on around the world and australia has a smaller version of it and other countries as well. >> i know that denmark is doing interesting things. >> well they did something cool. they are big cyclist ss there anyway, and what they opened is a sort of super bike path if you like back in april and they call it a cycle super highway and the first of 26 of these massive bike paths that are running throughout the city, and key into the city. they are trying to get people to cycle to work and it is working. it is very cool too, if you maintain 12-mile-per-hour average on the cycle path the lights stay green and it is like keep the speed up and you won't have to stop. but it is catching on and very popular there and they want to be the first coe copen hagenygen wants

to be the first anyway. >> and in aspen you see people biking all of the places, but that is not common. where do we rank akccording to some of the countries. >> i thought we would be worse mt. the united states. we are middle of the pack. we are not the worst but by far and away not the best. the -- the graphic, malta with 72% of the people there are considered inactive. do not do enough. >> what are they doing? >> sitting around and smoking. it is a laid back country. i don't know if you have been there, but it is laid back. and saudi arabia, and you don't have to do anything there, because everybody else is doing the work and they have all of the oil. and serbia is doing 68% inactive. and so the u.s. is 41%. >> and so we are in the middle of the pack.

>> yes and i thought i would be bragging about australia, but we are 39. not that great. >> but you and i are still active. i mean -- >> well, sort of. >> run, bikek and the whole thing. >> yes, i am trying to do it and the older i get it the more the body protests. but we should mention the most active countries. greece 16% of people are inactive, so that the vast majority of people i suppose they have to get out to walk around because they have no money and the country is going broke. >> that is a dig. >> and estonia, and the netherlands and beautiful and a lot of cycling there. >> wonderful country. >> and so 8% inactive. so most active. get out and stop driving to the mailbox. >> okay. well, we have known this for years and michael knows this, and it is official, women are smarter than men. it is true. the women scored higher than men on the iq tests and we have the results up ahead. told you, michael.

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welcome back to "newsroom international" where we take you around the world in 60 minutes. we are off to south korea where an all-girl pop band is popping the charts. ♪ i love you ♪ ♪ all i want to do ♪ ♪ ooh i love you ♪ >> it is called 21 and it is their single "i love you" as you can tell and number one this week in south korea. the music video has already-- almost 6 million hits on youtube. >> it is an age old question, guys who is smarter? well, it is what we have known all along, women are smarter. and there is a new book called

"are we getting smarter?" by james flynn. and james, deliver the good news for us, and tell us about the study and how you did this? >> well, i looked at the progressive raven's matrixes and i saw that it is the best measure of iq and if you took the studies of 30 years where we had good data in five countries that in all of the countries women were either edging on men or aheadf of them and indeed in 4 of the 5, they were slightly ahead of them maybe a point or so. and these countries were australia and new zealand and estonia and argentina and south africa. >> and why do you suppose in those countries the women did better than the men? >> well, the exception that proves the rule is israel. their women are two points behind and 20% of israeli women are highly orthodox and shielded from the modern world and not allowed to be educated, so it

seems pretty clear that it is exposing women to modern education, and opening up professions like law and journalism has made the difference. >> and it is certainly makes a lot of sense. how do people react to this saying that the iq test performance of women has gone up in these countries? >> mainly and depends whether they've jumped to assumptions and some of them say that women are at 110 or 120 and they are outraged. the reason that women are doing well however is not just the slight advantage in iq but because they've done better at formal schooling than men. a girl with an iq of 100 will get as and bs and a boy will get bs and cs. if you look at the oec data and the u.s. dayta, you will find that the average girl on reading is at the 67% percentile for males and the 75th percentile

for written composition so that means that where those people stills and the verbal skills are useful like law and journalism and social work and psychology, women are beginning to dominate. >> is there anything that the iq test does not actual lily measure or give us a sense of? >> it certainly doesn't measure something that's equally important, and that's self-discipline and drive. now n the formal school setting, these are actually advantages for women. they are less likely to wag class and hand the stuff in on time and less likely to be suspended true in both high skoolchool and university. when you get out into the world of work, it is more equal. somehow the men who are rebellious about for mall education once they are reporters, that i can get thefound they can get the stories in on time, and if they are psychologists they can see the patient ss on time and

so forth, but within the context of formal schooling, it is not just that women are equal iqs, but more disciplined. >> jim, i like where you are going with this and i like that you use journalism as an example to explain these things. and people say, ah, this is not news, we knew that women are always smarter. and so now you have the test to prove it there. thank you, jim. appreciate it. >> thanks for talking to me. yes, celebrations in south africa for one of the world easttofof the world's most admired leaders, nelson mandela. i will take you to an interview when i toured the prison that once held him.

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nazi occupied town. he is 97 years old now, and denies committing any crimes. civil rights groups today filed a lawsuit today on behalf of three americans killed in drone strikes in yemen last year. and now that includes anwar al awlaki, and the justice department said that the killing of the justice group was justified, but the legal argument is different for his son and samir khan whose deaths are presumed to be collateral damage. and the aclu says that the government has the obligation to explain the actions when it kills any american without judicial review. well, it has now happened and canadians now richer than americans for the first time ever, and these are the latest figures. the average worth of a canadian household was worth more than $363,000, and compared to less than $320,000 in the united

states which is a difference of more than $40,000. and canada's unemployment rate fell to 7.2% last months while ours stayed at a stagnant 8.2%. happy birthday, nelson mandela. he is 94. in the world he has inspired the world as a jailed freedom fighter, and global leader and gentle soul. he spent time in pris because of his protests. he managed to unite blacks and whites whites. among his admirers, bill clinton. this is bill clinton and chelsea clinton visiting him in his home. they were presidents at the same time. >> he did not call me a single time. not once. when he didn't ask about hillary and chelsea and if it wasn't too late, he would ask me to go

get chelsea and bring her to the phone and ask her about her homework and was she keeping up, and you know so i saw in him something that i try not the luz lose in myself that regardless of the responsibility that you have, he remembered that he was a person first. >> and now we are joined by a friend of the nelson mandela family and also south africa as well. >> yes. >> and happy birthday. i had a chanceo meet him when i was traveling from zimbabwe on a small craft when the pilot said we have a special guest on board and when i looked up i saw winnie mandela coming out of the bathroom in the front class section and they bro deuced themselves -- introduced themselves and in zimbabwe and red carpet and people were singing and dancing

and shortly afterwards that we went on a trip with president bill clinton to africa back in 1998, and he took him on a tour of robin island and i think that we have photos of that, because i was able toover the event and he actually showed him where he was held captive for so long where he was imprizsoned and walked away with this article back in 1998 showing the two of them in the cell. really a gracious, wonderful person. you were there when he was released. and tell us about that. >> well, for the moment, you got the experience his luminous presence. clinton says that he makes you feel better, better version of yourself. so, yes, i live edd in south africa and i remember the day that nelson mandela was released. a euphoric day and here is a man who said, spent 27 years and nearly 10,000 years in prison from the ages of 46 to 71, and he merges on the day

with the attitude of what he calls buntu togetherness, tru the humanity and no angry or bitterness. and people said are you angry at the jailers and he said no if i am angry at thel they have power over me. >> that is a powerful message. when they celebrate his birthday today, and 67, what is that? >> well it is mandela day, and in 2009 the united nations said, let's have mandela day, and get 67 minutes of service and 67 years of his 94 which have bneen devoted to fighting apartheid and the struggle. so the idea is that you do something wonderful for the community, anything from reading to someone who can't making a new friend giving a gift. i have a gift for you, suzanne n the spirit of nelson mandela. this is a 90th birthday coin, and special edition of what he is fondly known and your gift. it is not 67 minute, but it is 67 good thoughts.

>> well, that is special. >> you can go to mandela day.com to see how you can contribute. >> tell me about his health and what he is like. i understand that you have spoken to his grandchildren. >> yes, i spoke to the grandchildren this morning and they were in his hometown of the transsky in south africa and they were going to have a family lunch. he is good spirits and reading the newspaper and joking and he knows the name of every grandchild. and there is zamiswaszi and there are so many names, but what is wonderful that they are all zs in the spirit of zulu royalty and he knows every single name of the 25 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren. he is a man of tremendous public service. in his twilight years, he is asking to spend time with the family that suffered equally

while he was in prison. and he sacrificed the family. and his face lights up. and six of his own children, three have died and three remaining living and they are there today and all of of the grandchildren and sad lyly in 2010 one of the granddaughters died in a car accident and i met her many times and beautiful child and he was close to. a lot of tragedy, and man suzanne, who turned a nightmare into a vision. a vision into a dream. and a dream into the reality that is south africa today. complex, yes. perfect, no. but none of it would have been possible without nelson mandela and known as the man who shakes the trees. and the world loves this man and south africa loves this man and today, he is eating tribe for lunch and he probably has six hours ahead, and spending

time with the family. when i spoke to him the press was there, and they had cnn and bbc and so many, and they said we are looking forward to the press as much as we love them, but to them leaving and having time with the family. but i have to tell you, he was at lunch as well. >> so a family reunion. >> and winnie, acrimonious divorce, but she was there and also all of the zs. >> great everybody is getting along. >> bringing the conciliation to his family in the twilight years. >> he is truly a world icon. >> happy birthday, mandela. and he was the first man to urge the syrian's president to step down what does king abdullah of jordan think of him now? and tonight, piers morgan will talk to justice antonin scalia tonight at 10:00 p.m.,

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breaking news into cnn now. we are getting word that at least three people were killed in an explosion outside of burr burgas airport on a bus that was

carrying tourists. it is not clear if the explosion was a result of an attack, but we know that there was an attack, and we are looking at the map as well as photos of the scene there. you can see the billowing smoke and some of the cars in the area, and one witness said that they actually saw several bodies. we are working the confirm the details to bring them to you as soon as we can. this is a breaking news story. three people killed in an explosion outside of a bus. outside of the airport in bulgaria. >> we have more break ging news this hour on cnn. enormous explosion in damascus, syria, and several syrian cabinet members and top government officials are now dead. four high level officials and the most devastating hit yet for president bashar al assad who is facing a violent uprising. we want to bring in wolf blitzer who had moments ago a chance to talk to the leader of jordan about what is taking place in the neighboring country. what is the biggest concern of

his and what is going down? >> well, he is deeply, deeply concerned king abdullah of jordan, because he is very worried a what about is going on and he wants bashar al assad to leave and get to relinquish power and that is the only solution there. when you have this exchange though because it is more than a year since he personally spoke to the syrian president. listen to. this. what would you like to say directly to the syrian leader? >> well, i believe that we are getting to the point where i am looking at it from the point of view of the mosaic of the syrian people. i'm seeing for the first time and have been watching thisser for the past two to three weeks where the sectarian violence has begun to get to a point where the different sections of the syrian society is having a go at each other to the point where we

are getting to the level of full-out civil war. in other words it is getting very, very messy to the point where the worst case scenario for all of us in the region is when you get full-out civil war there is no coming back from the abyss. syria's far more complicated than iraq and other countries in the area, and the minorities there put together to make the majority is unlike any of the other countries in the arabian peninsula. if civil war breaks down to the point of no return it will take year s years to fix syria. we are seeing the signs of that over the past three weeks. the only people that can bring us back from the brink is obviously the president and the regime. i believe this is the last chance they have. >> and he also is extremely, suzanne, concerned as is the

u.s. defense secretary leon panetta, and other obama administration officials about the chemical weapons stockpiles that exist in various locations inside of syria. if in fact, he says he says if bashar al assad regime starts to use the poison gas or the mustard gas or any of the chemical weapons he calls mass destruction, all bets are off as a result of military interventionnd the international community would have to deal with that. he is not even ruling out, suzanne, the possibility that bashar al assad could use chemical weapons against his own people, and that is eye opening to hear king abdullah say that for all practical purposes a huge, huge game-changer in this. he wants bashar al assad to leave and quickly as possible. >> did he mention at all about his own country's party pags with the others when you talk about lebanon and iraq and saudi

arabia and providing weapons to the rebels and whether the arab league would support them? >> he is worried about the weapons getting into the rebels and he is talk about the pockets of al qaeda there and the last thing he wants to see the weapons winding up in the hands of al qaeda which is a further complicating factor. and you can send the weapons in but do you have the right address of where they will wind up. he is concerned about that and he did say to me when i asked him if there were any serious differences of the position of his government and jordan, and the position of the united states, the obama administration, and he basically said that the u.s. and jordan were on the same page, and as you know our own barbara starr was in jordan and watched major training exercises unfold and the u.s. and 15 or 16 other countries were involved some 12,000 troops involved in training exercises which all of

us assumed would be useful if in fact it gets down to that kind of military intervention in syria. so it was a fascinating interview i must say, and we will obviously run the whole thing in "the situation room" later today. >> we will keep an eye on it, wolf, and appreciate it, wolf. check out this picture prince charles hanging on for dear life. we will tell you whye was trying out the climbing wall. that's great. melons!!! oh yeah!! well that was uncalled for. uhh...mr. gallagher. incoming!!! it's wasteful. you know jimmy. folks who save hundreds of dollars switching to geico sure are happy. how happy, ronny? happier than gallagher at a farmers' market. get happy. get geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more.

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are a preview to the paralympic game s and you might call his strategy a extreme version of home makeover. that is right. hugo chavez reach ought to the voters one free house at a time.

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less pain. cymbalta can help. go to cymbalta.com to learn about a free trial offer. venezuelan president hugo chavez is putting his own twist on reality tv. with less than three months to the elections, he is carrying out part game show and part campaign rally and this happens every week where the poor are handed homes on live tv. rafael romo reports. >> reporter: she used to be homeless, but now ott only does carmen valdez have a place to live, she has a story to tell. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: some people believe it could happen and others don't, she says, but i believed it all along because it came from my commander, and that is how valdez refers to va lensenezuelan

president hugo chavez. he made housing of the poor a priority last year when he launched thereat venezuelan housing mission. at a very public event broadcast live on venezuelan television, chavez told a audience of loyal supporters that the government is to build 2 million homes for low income families in seven years burk s years, but his opposition says that chavez is using public money for political purposes and to advance his socialistic missions. >> translator: this is inefficient government and charged with rhetoric and hours and hours of speeches and rhetoric of manipulating people with hope.

>> reporter: and venezuela will be holding elections in less than three months and chavez hopes to be re-elected for the third time. and the opponent says that the programs do attract the voter, because he is unleash inging new ads on tv especially ads featuring carmen valdez. >> people believe that the country is better off and it is going to help with the approval of the voters and the improving his vote. >> reporter: venezuelan's poverty rate is down more 28% from when he took office in 1999. >> rafael romo joins u